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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

For the Baby Book

Two Saturdays ago I had a free two hours, a napping toddler, and a to-do list all checked off. I decided it was time to face the baby book so I got it off the shelf and filled in the last 12 months of Landon's life with pictures, cards, and stars pulled directly from the blog. Without my archvies there's no way I could have filled in the date of his first steps or his weight at 12 months or any of the other little details it seemed so important to record. So in that spirit, here are his 2-year portraits, which took two trips to Picture People, two bags of fruit snack bribes and a very patient photographer to get TWO acceptable looking photos. These are them. There were no other options. At least the picture selecting part of the appointment went quickly.

At his 2-year check-up a few days later, we found out Landon had finally graduated out of the 25th percentile for height! JP and I are both tall, but we have some short family members and I wondered if Landon would take after them in height. I'm not sure his 2-year height matters much for what he'll be as an adult, but it's nice to be tall, especially if you're a guy. In the short-term it means that the days where he seems to subsist on crackers, air, and 3 peas aren't stunting his growth. His weight has always been around the 75th and his head has been in the 90th since his 1 month check-up (which was on his due date, his head was only in the 25th percentile when he was born, thank goodness!)

I, too, had a painful trip to Picture People. It involved my son stiffening and writhing on the floor at the front of the store, blocking the entrance. We got a good picture of the kid and me, and a good picture of the kid and his dad, but no decent picture of the three of us.

and another July '07 baby has Cooper beat...his short genetics are catching up with him and he came in at a mere 33 inches (or so...it wasn't easy). I'll be happy if he or Gavin make it to 5'5" as adults.

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"Lag liv" means "law life" in Swedish. I'm half Swedish, it's fairly unique, and pretty much sums up what the blog is about. I'm a full-time attorney and mom of 3 in Fort Worth. You can read more about me and my cast of characters in the About Me and My Blog page.

This blog is semi-anonymous. I don't hide many identifying characteristics, but in here my name is "LL" and my husband's is "JP". I'd appreciate it if our real names and last name stay private. Happy reading and if you'd like to contact me, my email is lagliv [at] gmail [dot] com.